✖ anxiety attack: 009 ✖

[wolfishsurvivalist]

[A. Streets]

[Walking home from the hospital, Mika moves slowly, finding things to rest against in her halting trip. Her head is bandaged and her limbs tremble from the strain. The weakness in her bad leg seems to have gotten much worse. Strange spidery blotches mark her legs, and her feet seem to be bandaged as well from what can be seen around her shoes.]

[B. 339 Brady Lane]

[When Mika pushes open the door, her voice is hushed as she calls out to her housemates.]

Quinn? Raz? Are you guys home?

[She will all but collapse onto the couch, curling up defensively.]

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[guitarslaying.livejournal.com]

[If she can hear or sense anything, Mika might realize there's a Vespa headed her direction. For a moment, Haruko had seen the person, intended to bash her in the head with her guitar and run like always, then saw how bad off she was, then thought about doing it anyway, and finally just settled on actually checking up on the person and going from there on how much she would piss the person off.

Wow. This person? Really not looking well. She really shouldn't care, since just about everything that wasn't Haruko looked sickly and weak and inefficient in comparison to herself. But she couldn't help it. So she stops in front of Mika.]

Y'know, there's a hospital a few blocks away. Want a lift?

[notlikethemovie.livejournal.com]

What?

[Mika looks up, straining to hear something over the deafening sound of rushing wind that filled her head, squinting at Haruko's mouth in an attempt to read her lips. Wow, she should've learned how to do that years ago, this was harder than they made it seem.]

Hospital? No thanks. I just...I just came from there.

[She's using an odd tone of voice like she can't hear a thing she's saying, over enunciating and talking a little too loud for normal conversation.]

[guitarslaying.livejournal.com]

[Haruko figures that Mika can't hear her very well from her reaction. Clearly, this means Haruko should speak louder, to the point of screaming, to make things easier.]

AND THEY LET YOU OUT LIKE THAT?

SOME HOSPITAL!

YOU AT LEAST STEAL ONE OF THEIR BEDGOWNS?!

[notlikethemovie.livejournal.com]

[FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF--!

Mika flinches a little, but yes, she did manage to make out what Haruko was saying.]

They can't see I'm not human! They're drones, and they don't have the technology to fix my problem.

No, but I swiped some pain killers and bandages, I work there anyway.

A

[kinship]

[Looking absolutely horror-struck at her condition...]

Miss Whitepaws?!

action;

[notlikethemovie.livejournal.com]

Cain?

[She squints at him, having noticed the movement rather than the sound. When she speaks it's louder than it should be for casual conversation, because Mika actually cannot hear herself speak.]

[kinship]

You're... hurt. Come on, lean on me, we'll go and find some help.

[He hurries over, trying to support her.]

[ra-ra-razputin.livejournal.com]

[Raz heard someone come in. He's not expecting anything out of the ordinary so imagine his surprise when he finds Mika on the couch.]

Whoa! What happened!?

[notlikethemovie.livejournal.com]

Just got out of the hospital.

[She huffs, wincing a little. She couldn't understand what he said, but she's guessing.]

I'm deaf right now, so you're probably going to need to get a piece of paper and a pencil.

[ra-ra-razputin.livejournal.com]

Wha- I- okay, hold on!

[He runs out of the room and returns a minute later with paper and pencil in hand. He scribbles a quick note:]

Are you sure you don't need to go BACK to the hospital?

A.

[brotherseyes.livejournal.com]

[Nina nearly panics before she runs over to the other woman.]

Mika! What happened to you?

A.

[notlikethemovie.livejournal.com]

What?

[She squints, turning towards the flash of movement. Her tone of voice indicating she can't hear what she's saying by how she's almost shouting.]

I'm sorry for how slow this is!

[brotherseyes.livejournal.com]

[Nina is right by her side, by then. Nina looks highly alarmed. Now that they're closer, she hopes Mika might understand her somehow. Worried, she repeats herself.]

I said, what happened to you?!

A

[ooeeooahah]

[ Walking down Brady, Ilsa sensed the pain first, before seeing her. ]

Oh, crud!

[ she runs to close the distance, but slows within a few yards of Mika, and stops outside arm's reach. ]

What do you need?

[notlikethemovie.livejournal.com]

What?

[Mika turns toward the movement, squinting and talking in a way that suggests she actually can't hear herself, and is compensating by being particularly loud.]

[ooeeooahah]

[ Ilsa points at her ear, then Mika's, nodding and getting a notepad from her purse. ]

[ She quickly prints out her questions, "What happened?", "What do you need?" and "How can I help?" ]

A.

[coolbowtie.livejournal.com]

[And the Doctor is coming to put a hand on her shoulder, steadying her.]

Blimey, you don't look so well.

[notlikethemovie.livejournal.com]

[Mika starts, nearly with a scream as she flinches away from the touch before she recognizes the Doctor.

Just in time to save him from a swift bludgeoning, if the way she's brandishing her cane is any clue.]

Sorry, you scared me for a moment there.

[She's almost shouting, like she can't hear herself.]

[coolbowtie.livejournal.com]

[He starts, pulling back slightly, before once again putting a steadying hand on her shoulder.]

What's happened? Why can't you hear properly?

A

[eyesofafemsnake.livejournal.com]

[Crowley doesn't look like himself. Actually, he looks rather like a woman. A very attractive woman, no less. But he's still driving his Bentley and he's still wearing his sunglasses when he pulls up beside Mika.]

Mika? Get in. I'll drive you where you need to go.

A

[notlikethemovie.livejournal.com]

[She squints, nearly shouting even though it isn't necessary.]

Who the hell are you and what are you doing in Crowley's car?

[eyesofafemsnake.livejournal.com]

Er... Sorry, sorry. I am Crowley. Just a bit of a change.

[He steps out of the car, stiletto heels clicking on the pavement.]

Come on, Mika. Let me take you somewhere.

[techno-mancer.livejournal.com]

[Quinn walks downstairs after just barely hearing Mika, only to find her in a ball on the couch.]

Mika, did y-- Whoa, hey now. What happened?

[notlikethemovie.livejournal.com]

[She can't make out what he said, but she has a feeling she knows what he's saying. He looks like he's freaking out, at any rate.]

Just got out of the hospital. Black Mage hit me with a lightning spell, blasted my eardrums out. I can't hear anything over the whooshing noise.

Also caught some spasm fits for my trouble. I feel like shit, Quinn.

[techno-mancer.livejournal.com]

[Quinn does look a bit freaked, processing all this. He goes to say something, then stops. He darts into the kitchen and comes back out with a pad of paper and pen, and proceeds to write.]

Is there anything I can do? Who is Black Mage?